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Official MLS 2017 Team of Week 2016: Luis Robles and Bradley Wright-Phillips named to starting XI

And Gonzalo Veron made the bench.

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

New York Red Bulls' 2-0 win over Philadelphia Union has got several RBNY players some love from the MLS Team of the Week selectors.

The Red Bulls' first road win since Week 1 of MLS 2017 sees Luis Robles win a starting XI selection for keeping a clean sheet and Bradley Wright-Phillips also selected for his match-winning brace. Super-sub Gonzalo Veron, who contributed to the build-up for both goals, is named to the bench.

BWP and Robles are the first Red Bulls named to the starting XI of MLS TotW since Week 8 - and the first Red Bulls not named Aaron Long to win the honor this season. Two players in the XI is a season-high for RBNY, whose inconsistent form to date is reflected by scant selections to TotW.

Veron's presence on the TotW bench is impressive given that he only subbed into this week's game in the 84th minute. But he proved to be a game-changer for RBNY, and the selectors took note.

MLS TotW Starting XI Bench
1 nope Felipe
2 nope Felipe
3 nope nope
4 Aaron Long Luis Robles, Tyler Adams
5 nope nope
6 nope nope
7 nope Alex Muyl
8 Aaron Long Alex Muyl
9 to 12 nope nope
13 nope Kemar Lawrence, Felipe
14 & 15 nope nope
16 Bradley Wright-Phillips, Luis Robles Gonzalo Veron

The Red Bulls play NYC FC on June 24 in MLS, followed by another game against Philadelphia Union in the round of 16 of US Open Cup on June 28.